Metastable He2* molecules, ubiquitous in helium systems, consist of a metastable He* (2^3S1) and a ground-state He atoms. Their detection through the optical transition a^3Σu^+(ν=0) has been performed in He plasma (P=8-267 mbar) with a tunable cw laser at 465 nm, based on the sum frequency generation of 923 and 937 nm in the PP-KTP crystal. The laser has been characterized for its wavelength tuning and efficiency of nonlinear conversion. Absorption rates provide direct access to He2* number densities, based on quantitative spectroscopic data obtained for the probed rotational branches. Studies mainly involve 3He2* but its isotopologues are also studied in isotopic mixtures and pure 4He gas. He2*absorption spectra yield rotational temperatur...
The structure of the excited $2^{3}$S and $2^{3}$P triplet states of $^{3}$He and $^{4}$He in an app...
We study the photoassociation of an ultracold cloud of magnetically trapped helium atoms : pairs of ...
The main subject of this thesis is to demonstrate that helium is a promising candidate for matter wa...
This work consisted in an experimental investigation of the effect of collisions in the 2³P state, a...
This work consisted in an experimental investigation of the effect of collisions in the 23P state, a...
%PS205 %title\\ \\Following the discovery of metastable antiprotonic helium atoms ($\overline{p}He^{...
We present data that show a cycling transition can be used to detect and image metastable He2 triple...
The rotational relaxation of the He2(3p(3pi g)) state is examined by optically pumping a flowing hel...
Advances in metastability exchange optical pumping (MEOP) of 3He at high laser powers, with its vari...
Photoassociation processes are studied in ultracold collisions between different isotopes of metasta...
We describe an approach to detecting ionizing radiation that combines the special properties of supe...
In a recent series of experimentsfootnote{P. Jansen, L. Semeria, L. Esteban Hofer, S. Scheidegger, J...
The temperature dependence of conversion of $\rm He(2\sp3S\sb1)$ metastable atoms to $\rm He\sb2(a\s...
The velocities of atoms can be manipulated by near-resonant laser light. After many absorption-spon...
Absolute metastable He(2 3S1) atom densities were measured in a capacitively-coupled 13.56 MHz drive...
The structure of the excited $2^{3}$S and $2^{3}$P triplet states of $^{3}$He and $^{4}$He in an app...
We study the photoassociation of an ultracold cloud of magnetically trapped helium atoms : pairs of ...
The main subject of this thesis is to demonstrate that helium is a promising candidate for matter wa...
This work consisted in an experimental investigation of the effect of collisions in the 2³P state, a...
This work consisted in an experimental investigation of the effect of collisions in the 23P state, a...
%PS205 %title\\ \\Following the discovery of metastable antiprotonic helium atoms ($\overline{p}He^{...
We present data that show a cycling transition can be used to detect and image metastable He2 triple...
The rotational relaxation of the He2(3p(3pi g)) state is examined by optically pumping a flowing hel...
Advances in metastability exchange optical pumping (MEOP) of 3He at high laser powers, with its vari...
Photoassociation processes are studied in ultracold collisions between different isotopes of metasta...
We describe an approach to detecting ionizing radiation that combines the special properties of supe...
In a recent series of experimentsfootnote{P. Jansen, L. Semeria, L. Esteban Hofer, S. Scheidegger, J...
The temperature dependence of conversion of $\rm He(2\sp3S\sb1)$ metastable atoms to $\rm He\sb2(a\s...
The velocities of atoms can be manipulated by near-resonant laser light. After many absorption-spon...
Absolute metastable He(2 3S1) atom densities were measured in a capacitively-coupled 13.56 MHz drive...
The structure of the excited $2^{3}$S and $2^{3}$P triplet states of $^{3}$He and $^{4}$He in an app...
We study the photoassociation of an ultracold cloud of magnetically trapped helium atoms : pairs of ...
The main subject of this thesis is to demonstrate that helium is a promising candidate for matter wa...